We have a new family member! Kayla has been wanting a dog for so long, probably years, since our last dog passed away. With the difficulty of this move for Kayla, we promised her that as soon as we could after moving, we would find her a new friend.

We went to the Humane League and found Cassidy, a sweet border collie mix. She is so playful and wants nothing more than to snuggle up to you or run with you.

We surprised Kayla after school. She didn’t know we were going to pick Cassidy up, and she was here when Kayla got off the bus.

So much fun!

I know I have been very remiss in getting any pictures posted of our recent move. That is because we have been so crazy, just trying to get our lives in order. But I feel like FINALLY we might be settling into a semblance of a routine. There will be more pictures coming, but for now I thought you might enjoy seeing what our yard looked like when we moved in! The house was vacant for about a year, so we had a year’s worth of leaves in the yard.

We back up to woods, so we raked all the leaves into huge piles on tarps, then dragged the tarps into the woods and dumped all the leaves down the mountain. So much fun!

Hopefully my blog will be getting into a bit more of my regular routine soon. I know I have been terribly negligent on some of your favorite features, like Cooking With Kayla and Our Weekly Menu Plans, simply because we weren’t doing those things ourselves! But I am going to be getting our family back into our routine, so hopefully my blog will follow.

Thank you all so much for your patience with me during this crazy but exciting time in our lives! And, keep an eye out for more pictures soon!

I  wanted to give you all a heads up: I will be offline for a few days. I am officially disconnecting my Internet connection and our family is moving across the state! So…you most likely will not hear from me until Monday. Hopefully on Monday I will be back to my regular schedule.

See you Monday!

I’m guest posting over at The Gluten Free Homemaker today on moving with gluten-free kids.

“Our family’s adventure over the last few months has been a long distance move across the state with both of our gluten-free kids! This has been exciting (and kind of crazy!) for us, with several long road trips to go house searching, starting a new job for my hubby, lots of packing, what seems like millions of phone calls and emails, the stress of the mortgage process (anyone who has ever bought a house will know what I mean), and handling the tumbling emotions of two small munchkins.”

Go here to read the full post.

Well folks, there will be no Cooking With Kayla today. Kayla spent the day with friends, and I spent the day putting together Hannah’s new “big girl bed”! She was a little sad to see her crib go, but very happy to bounce on her new bed. I guess my baby is officially a big girl now!